Cartridge-shell greaser



(No Model.)

1:". E. 85 W. E."NYE 8n J. W. MATTHEWS.

CARTRIDGE SHELL GREASER.

No. 292.846. v Patented Feb. 5, 1884.

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FRED. E. NYE, IVILLIAM E. NYE, AND JOHN IV. MATTHEW'S, OFll'IONilIOUTII, ILLINOIS.

CARTRIDGE-SHELL CREASER.

PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,846, dated February5, 1884.

Application filed August 29, 1883.

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRED. E. NYE, W'ILL- TAM E. N YE, and JOHN W.MA'rrHEws, of Monmouth, in the county of Warren and State of Illinois,have invented new and useful Improvements in Cartridge-Shell Greasers,of which the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, in which Figure 1 isa plan or top View of a cartridgeshell creaser in which is embodied ourinvention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof 011 line at, Fig. 1,with the cartridge on the post. Fig. 3 is a perspective representationthereof 1 5 with the shell in position preparatory to being creased.Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the ereaser-jaws removed.

The object of the present invention is to provide means whereby thegage-post of a car- 2 o tridgecreaser will, by the opening of the jaws,be automatically brought centrally between them, whereby a cartridge maybe put on the post without coming in contactwith either jaw. This weaccomplish by the extension of the frame which supports the post forwardto about the length of the jaws which do the creasing, and a curved slotformed in the frame near its end,.and posts or studs attached to thejaws and extending into or through the slot, whereby the opening of thejaws brings the post centrally between them and on opposite sides equaldistances from them, as hereinafter fully described and shown.

, AB represent two levers,which are pivoted 3 5 together by a post orstud, O D, which project far enough from the levers to support a frame,E, to which is attached the gage-post I J, of ordinary construction. Theopposite end of the frame E from the stud O D projects past thegage-post to about the length of the jaws F G K, and transversely acrossthe end so projecting is formeda segment-slot, I. Studs O 0 (No model.)

-are respectively attached to the jaws F G K by being riveted or castsolid thereto. To connect these studs 0 with the slot 1 pins are eitherformed on the ends thereof so as to pass into the slot, or screws N areput through the slot from the outside of the frame E and tapped into thestuds, the same end being attained in both instances.

It is the custom in cartridge-creasers as now made to pivot thegage-post so as to be unguided between the jaws, except it be centeredby hand at the setting of each cartridge. Our automaticallyadj ustedgage-post obviates this foregoing objection and makes the tool complete.

It is proper to state that the cartridge H is shown on the gage post atFigs. 2 and 3, the crease at L, Fig. 2, and the wad at M.

The creasing is done, in the ordinary manner, by compressing the jawstogether.

WVe claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States-In cartridgeshell creasers which are composed of lever-jaws and agage-post, the frame E, extending past the post and over the jaws, andprovided with a segment-slot, P, in com bination with studs 0 O, whichare attached to the ends of the jaws and project through the slot-toserve as a guide automatically to center the post between the jaws bythe open ing of them, as specified.

FRED. E. NYE. IVILLIAM E. N YE. JOHN \V. MATTHElYS.

\Vitnesses:

G. L. GI-IAPIN, A. G. MOREY. Witnesses to signatures of J. W. Matthewsand V111. E. Nye:

HARRY B. XVEBsrnR, G. L. CHAPIN.

